Broom



s. BENNETT] Broom.

Patented m 2, 1866.

MN MO UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

SYLVESTER BENNETT, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

BROOM.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 51,791 dated January 2, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLvEsT R BENNETT, of the city and county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Brooms; and I do hereby declare that the same is described and represented in the following specification and drawings.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe its construction, referring to the drawings, in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of the figures.

The nature of this improvement will be understood from the specification and drawings, the object of which is to produce a cheaper and better article for manufacture and trade, and at the same time more convenient and desirable for transportation and use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side View with a portion thereof broken away to show the mode of construction. Fig. 2 is a sectional end view.

The wood head 0 of this broom is made very much like the head of a whitewash-brush or a bristle-brush in common use, except that it has a rabbet formed around its sides and ends to receive the layers of corn-brush I), which are shown at a, Figs. 1 and 2. The handle d is fitted to a hole inthe head, made either with or without a screw-thread, as desirable.

In making this broom the wood head is first I prepared, and the layers of corn-brush b are placed in their proper place and position in said rabbet, and the band 0, of any desirable material, is placed over the brush directly over the rabbet, and the whole secured to the head by means of nails suitably prepared for that purpose. In this way I am enabled to produce a broom light and tasty in its appearance, efficient and durable for use, compact for transportation, cheap, simple, and easy of manufac- SYLVESTER BENNETT. n s.]

Witnesses E. HORTORY, J. W. BLISS. 

